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. 2022 Nov 11;101(45):e29895. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000029895

Table 9.

The comparison of laboratory findings between PE and non-PE patients with COVID-19.

Laboratory indicators Sample size Pooled results Analytic effect model
Estimate 95% CI P value
Serum D-dimer, μg/mL
 Baseline 2703 MD 5.98 4.15, 7.81 < 0.0001 Random-effect model
 Peak 30 MD 1.10 0.13, 2.07 0.03 Fixed effect model
 Prior to CTPA 30 MD 1.00 –0.17, 2.17 0.09 Fixed effect model
Ferritin, ng/mL
 Baseline 165 MD -213.68 –916.29, 488.93 0.98 Random-effect model
 Peak 30 MD -20.82 –1373.57, 1331.94 0.07 Fixed effect model
 Prior to CTPA 30 MD -1150.0 –2390.38, 90.38 0.71 Fixed effect model
Platelets, 103/μL
 Baseline 1616 MD 0.49 –39.76, 40.75 0.98 Random-effect model
 Peak 30 MD -55.0 –147.31, 37.31 0.24 Fixed effect model
 Prior to CTPA 30 MD 12.0 –24.84, 48.84 0.52 Fixed effect model
Lymphocytes
 Baseline 1641 SMD -0.12 -0.37, 0.14 0.37 Random-effect model
 Peak 30 SMD -0.34 –1.06, 0.38 0.35 Fixed effect model
 Prior to CTPA 30 SMD -0.68 –1.42, 0.06 0.07 Fixed effect model
NLR
 Baseline 165 MD 2.17 –0.54, 4.89 0.12 Fixed effect model
 Peak 30 MD 3.70 –5.15, 12.55 0.41 Fixed effect model
 Prior to CTPA 30 MD 2.20 –0.25, 4.65 0.08 Fixed effect model
IL-6, pg/mL 207 MD -2.23 –33.02, 28.56 0.89 Fixed effect model
NT-pro BNP, pg/mL 1383 MD 94.24 45.21, 143.27 0.0002 Fixed effect model
hs Troponin I, ng/L 30 MD 5.00 1.01, 8.99 0.01 Fixed effect model
Fibrinogen, mg/dL 1447 MD 1.96 –1.95, 5.87 0.33 Fixed effect model
Albumin, g/L 88 MD -3.58 –5.18, –1.98 <0.0001 Fixed effect model
SOFA score 135 MD -1.00 –4.03, 2.03 0.52 Fixed effect model

COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019, CTPA = computed tomography pulmonary angiography, MD = mean difference, NLR = neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, PE = pulmonary embolism, SMD = standardized mean difference, SOFA = Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.